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May 17th, 2007
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Originally Posted by X4StringDrive
lothumbs... sounds like his dad was a bass player.  |
and possibly a Viking
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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May 17th, 2007
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Hello X4,
I remember trying to learn from a book, it was for a classical guitarist, every couple of pages or so the writer would ask "Is that wrist still arched?" The answer was always "No, flat as a pancake mate!" It still is.
I looked at the wmv file you posted and your wrist angle looks fine to me. 
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May 17th, 2007
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Dewy,carol m,Jomi...Thanks for the input
"To play without passion is unexcusable" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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May 20th, 2007
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I've had a good look at some of Kirk's videos and see that he changes the angle of thumb and finger to strings depending on the effect he is achieving (thumb just doing standard base line or arpeggio or other different right hand effects) so I'm just going to use that as a guide, practice a lot more and think about it less! 
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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May 20th, 2007
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...practice a lot more and think about it less! |
That's a good idea, Carol. Be flexible, there is no one single position. It's the sound coming out of the guitar that matters, and sometimes you need to shift things around a bit to achieve what you want to hear.
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